Mac Mini? Yes, please!
Introducing the far mightier, way tinier, all-new Mac mini. Five by five inches of pure power and purpose. Redesigned around Apple silicon to unleash the full speed and capabilities of M4 and M4 Pro chips. With a wide array of ports, now on the front and back. Mac mini is the definition of efficiency — and the first carbon neutral Mac. It truly is the little Mac that could.
Yes. A Mac Mini Pro is in my future!
5 Reasons to Get Excited About the New Mac Mini – MacRumors:
The new Mac mini will be the first major design change to the machine since 2010, and is expected to become Apple’s smallest ever desktop computer. The slimmed down machine will retain its aluminum casing and be comparable in size to the Apple TV, though it is expected to be taller. Individuals working on the new device reportedly say that it is “essentially an iPad Pro in a small box.”
Building for sustainability with WordPress – Susty WP:
Hat tip to Tom Woodward
This website aims to act as a guide to making WordPress websites more sustainable, and to serve as a practical example of how we can tune our websites and reduce their carbon footprint. The homepage of this website is delivered to your browser with just 6KB of data transfer. This is achieved by its theme, plugins and configuration. As of 2016, the average website data transfer was 2.3MB, making it 393 times bigger than this website!
I agree with everything that Dave Winer says here, except the part about WordPress not knowing what they have – I think they actually do. Anyway, let the dawning of the day where we take back control of our writing begin!
Scripting News: The web lives in WordPress and Mastodon
Like I said the other day, I doubt if Automattic knows what they have. I seriously doubt it. But in a few years, we’re going to look back on this as the moment when Twitter stopped controlling our writing, as they have since 2006.
Excited about season 2, however, I may have a completely different outlook on this series depending on what happens November 5th.
Silo — Season 2 Official Trailer | Apple TV+
Silo is the story of the last ten thousand people on earth, their mile-deep home protecting them from the toxic and deadly world outside. However, no one knows when or why the silo was built and those who try to find out face fatal consequences. Ferguson stars as Juliette, an engineer who seeks answers about a loved one’s murder and tumbles onto a mystery that goes far deeper than she could have ever imagined, leading her to discover that if the lies don’t kill you, the truth will.
The Wait is Over: FreeWP is Here to Shake Up the WordPress Ecosystem – FreeWP:
Change isn’t just coming — it’s here. Consider this your wake-up call to those who’ve held the reins for too long. FreeWP stands ready to ensures WordPress remains free, open, and genuinely community-centric.
Another banger from Every Frame a Painting…
What Would Billy Wilder Do? – YouTube:
In the annals of filmmaking, we have great writers and great directors, but then there is Billy Wilder
Go watch this video, to get that burning feeling of excitement in your belly again…
Molly White, Citation Needed / Web3 Is Going Just Great – XOXO Festival (2024) – YouTube
“Every time I would discover something like this, I would get this same feeling – a burning feeling of excitement that I could feel right here [in my stomach]”
Apple to Release iOS 18.1 With Apple Intelligence on October 28 – MacRumors:
The update will bring the first wave of Apple Intelligence features to iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 owners.
If only I had a blog to remember what I blogged. Oh, right. I do.
This is another shout-out (of many) to Micro.blog, a “unique platform that combines blog hosting with a social media-style timeline and community.” As I wrote previously, I have been working on my workflow for cross posting to different sites.
Since this is a “micro post”, I’ll for now just express my most genuine thanks to Micro.blog (specifically Manton Reece), for providing the help with the last piece of my puzzle – to cross post to all my desirable social media accounts. I’m not talking about Xitter or Facebook, or even Instagram or TikTok, but the social media that has a Fediverse hook.
Again a post with more details about the WORKFLOW is brewing, and I couldn’t be more excited about the progress that is being made in the POSSE-verse.
I’m about to hit Publish and send this post EVERYWHERE…
…For now you can read Micro.blog’s values statement below:
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